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Lake Clear of Ice

The lake is clear of ice now (Tuesday am) and so there will be DF65 racing tomorrow.  There will however need to be a session of debris clearance prior to sailing to remove trolleys, telegraph pole! and various logs/branches according to our Club Captain.

Please bring gloves and other kit to help out.

Photo from John Carlin

After DF65 racing tomorrow, (21/12/22) the calendar resumes with DF/RG65 Winter Series #3 on Saturday 31st December starting at 12:00.  For those with a DF95 or IOM, you can always race at the Fleetwood Twixmas event with DF95 on 28th and IOM on the 29th December.  Entry via the MYA Events page.

Merry Christmas and hope you receive that new boat you were waiting for!

Cancellation of IOM Xmas Race and Reschedule of ND Winter Series #1

The club has had to take the unfortunate decision to cancel this years IOM Xmas Race due to ice on the lake and the weather giving no chance of this thawing by the planned start time on Saturday.

As this was also due to be the First Northern District IOM Winter Series races, the club has agreed to reschedule this Open event to Saturday 18th March and will be the last event of that series.  All existing bookings have been moved to the new date, although these can be cancelled and removed or new ones added if required.

Peter Baldwin – Sailing Sec

DF/RG65 Winter Series #2 Cancelled

Please note that due to the relatively cold weather we are experiencing at the moment, the lake is currently frozen (3 times as thick on Thursday than Wednesday) and not expected to thaw by sailing on Saturday.

We have therefore taken the decision to cancel sailing on Saturday this week and hope that if temperatures rise next week sailing may resume from Wednesday 14th.  Lake conditions will be reviewed again next week.

DF65 Social (No) Racing 7/12/22

Our reporter on the spot had this to say about today:

“A good turnout for the DF65’s today, but unfortunately we were unable to sail due to a combination of ice and no wind. Neil, who was back from his holiday, made a welcome tea for everyone and the World was put to rights”

Hopefully there will be more wind for Saturday (10/12/22) when it’s the next round of the DF/RG65 Winter Series.  The forecast is reasonable for wind and hopefully the ice will have cleared.  Get your entries in!

IOM Winter series 2022/3 #2 (3/12/22)

Sailors arriving for the second IOM Winter Series were disappointed to find little breeze blowing and the only ripples were from the flock of Canadian Geese patrolling the lake.  However the first race started with a very light breeze generally from the NE (and so almost across the lake) but with some large shifts that could see it come from the East or North during any race.  Two boats missed the start and one pulled out early on leaving only seven to fight it out for line honours which went to Brad Gibson sailing a borrowed TS2. Race 2 again started with only 7 boats and this time it was John Brierley’s turn to take the win, which he then repeated in Race 3.  Brad then had another win in Race 4, with Martin Roberts finally getting into a groove, winning Races 5 and 6 before a break for a drink. 

After the break, Paul Allen took his first win in Race 7 and then Graham Elliott won the eighth and final race in very light winds.  As there was very little breeze, the fleet unanimously agreed to call it a day and have an early finish.  This left John  as a clear winner, with Brad in second and a consistent Alan Bennett in third.

Thanks must go to Dave Williams for running the racing today (plus taking a few photos of the “action”) and for Bernie who helped out Dave and made everyone warm drinks.

  1. John Brierley            84  Britpop!   10pts
  2. Brad Gibson              71   TS2             17pts
  3. Alan Bennett           130  Britpop!   20pts
  4. Graham Elliott         70   Fraktal    26pts  1xwin
  5. Peter Baldwin           63   Britpop!  26pts
  6. Alan Watkinson       23   Britpop!   28pts
  7. Paul Allen                   27   Britpop!   31pts
  8. Martin Roberts         22   Vanilla 2 35pts
  9. John Berry                   12   Viper        40pts
  10. Charles Legg              25   K2             48pts